5 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index f64b33085255..a3dd3c8ea681 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4218,7 +4218,7 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
                         set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
                         mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync,
                                                                 mddev,
-                                                                "%s_resync");
+                                                                "resync");
                         if (!mddev->sync_thread) {
                                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: could not start resync"
                                        " thread...\n",
@@ -5631,7 +5631,10 @@ mdk_thread_t *md_register_thread(void (*run) (mddev_t *), mddev_t *mddev,
         thread->run = run;
         thread->mddev = mddev;
         thread->timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
-        thread->tsk = kthread_run(md_thread, thread, name, mdname(thread->mddev));
+        thread->tsk = kthread_run(md_thread, thread,
+                                  "%s_%s",
+                                  mdname(thread->mddev),
+                                  name ?: mddev->pers->name);
         if (IS_ERR(thread->tsk)) {
                 kfree(thread);
                 return NULL;
@@ -6745,7 +6748,7 @@ void md_check_recovery(mddev_t *mddev)
                         }
                         mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync,
                                                                 mddev,
-                                                                "%s_resync");
+                                                                "resync");
                         if (!mddev->sync_thread) {
                                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s: could not start resync"
                                         " thread...\n", 
diff --git a/drivers/md/multipath.c b/drivers/md/multipath.c
index d2d3fd54cc68..94c21c11b9bc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/multipath.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ static int multipath_run (mddev_t *mddev)
         }
 
         {
-                mddev->thread = md_register_thread(multipathd, mddev, "%s_multipath");
+                mddev->thread = md_register_thread(multipathd, mddev, NULL);
                 if (!mddev->thread) {
                         printk(KERN_ERR "multipath: couldn't allocate thread"
                                 " for %s\n", mdname(mddev));
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index ff7ed3335995..7efdeb44097f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -2047,7 +2047,7 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
         conf->last_used = j;
 
 
-        mddev->thread = md_register_thread(raid1d, mddev, "%s_raid1");
+        mddev->thread = md_register_thread(raid1d, mddev, NULL);
         if (!mddev->thread) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR
                        "raid1: couldn't allocate thread for %s\n",
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 8bca3835c9fd..7872968fdfcc 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -2188,7 +2188,7 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
         }
 
 
-        mddev->thread = md_register_thread(raid10d, mddev, "%s_raid10");
+        mddev->thread = md_register_thread(raid10d, mddev, NULL);
         if (!mddev->thread) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR
                        "raid10: couldn't allocate thread for %s\n",
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
index 763dcc40e513..bee3573ed1bd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
@@ -4448,7 +4448,7 @@ static raid5_conf_t *setup_conf(mddev_t *mddev)
                 printk(KERN_INFO "raid5: allocated %dkB for %s\n",
                         memory, mdname(mddev));
 
-        conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid5d, mddev, "%s_raid5");
+        conf->thread = md_register_thread(raid5d, mddev, NULL);
         if (!conf->thread) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR
                        "raid5: couldn't allocate thread for %s\n",
@@ -4614,7 +4614,7 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
                 set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery);
                 set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
                 mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync, mddev,
-                                                        "%s_reshape");
+                                                        "reshape");
         }
 
         /* read-ahead size must cover two whole stripes, which is
@@ -5032,7 +5032,7 @@ static int raid5_start_reshape(mddev_t *mddev)
         set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RESHAPE, &mddev->recovery);
         set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
         mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync, mddev,
-                                                "%s_reshape");
+                                                "reshape");
         if (!mddev->sync_thread) {
                 mddev->recovery = 0;
                 spin_lock_irq(&conf->device_lock);